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Using the story of Raven and the Box of Daylight (and relating it to Sun Tzu’s equally timeless Art of War) to deepen her narration and reflection, Hayes expresses an ongoing frustration and anger at the obstacles and prejudices still facing Alaska Natives in their own land, but also recounts her own story of attending and completing college in her 50s and becoming a professor and a writer.

At 45, Lucky finally feels like she has achieved her dreams – a lovely life with a successful career, beautiful son, adoring husband, two dogs and house in the ‘burbs. But when Lucky’s mother and 100-year-old grandfather violently attack her home, it sends her spiraling out of control. Her delicately crafted double life begins to collapse, and she is finally forced to confront decades of terror, abuse and secrets she has been hiding from everyone – including herself. Lucky breaks the silence of generations, threatening her sanity and the safety of those she so carefully protected.

Discovering Her Voice shares my journey to becoming a Speech/Language Pathologist. During my career I enabled over 900 children and adolescents to find their individual voices. After years of helping them learn to use their voices, it was my turn to find mine. The person I am today, is in part, because of the incidents I endured.